Appointments, July 15, 1983

Appointment of Five Members of the Board for International Food and Agricultural
Development, and Designation of Chairman

July 15, 1983

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be members
of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development for terms of 3 years. The
President also intends to designate E. T. York as Chairman.

Duane Acker will succeed Daryl Arnold. Dr. Acker is president of Kansas State University in
Manhattan, Kans. He has served as a director of the U.S. Council on Agricultural Science and
Technology and as chairman of U.S. Deans of Agriculture. He is married, has two children, and
resides in Manhattan, Kans. He was born March 13, 1931, in Atlantic, Iowa.

Warren J. Baker will succeed C. Peter McGrath. He is president of California Polytechnic State
University in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He is also a registered civil engineer and has practiced in the
field of geotechnical engineering. He is married, has four children, and resides in San Luis Obispo,
Calif. He was born September 5, 1938, in Fitchburg, Miss.

Paul Findley will succeed Harold Frank Robinson. He is a former U.S. Representative from
Illinois. He is adjunct professor at Western Illinois University. While serving as a Member of
Congress, he was a member of the Foreign Affairs and Agriculture Committees. He is married,
has two children, and resides in Falls Church, Va. He was born June 23, 1921, in Jacksonville,
Ill.

Benjamin F. Payton will succeed Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. He is president of the Kresge Center at
the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He is married, has two children, and resides in Tuskegee
Institute, Ala. He was born December 27, 1932, in Orangeburg, S.C.

E. T. York is a reappointment. He is chancellor emeritus of the State University System of
Florida. He was provost for agriculture at the University of Florida in 1963 - 1973. Dr. York is a
charter member and on the board of directors of Action for World Development and is a member
of the technical advisory committee of the Consultative Group for International Research. He is
married, has two children, and resides in Gainesville, Fla. He was born July 4, 1922, in Mentone,
Ala.

Appointment of Four Members of the President's Committee on the National Medal of
Science

July 15, 1983

The President today announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be members
of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science for terms expiring December 31,
1985.

Katherine S. Bao will succeed David Baltimore. Dr. Bao is a pediatric cardiologist in Los
Angeles, Calif. She also serves as a district medical consultant, Los Angeles Department of
Rehabilitation, State of California, and as clinical assistant professor in pediatrics and cardiology,
attending physician, University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Bao is married, has two children,
and resides in Los Angeles. She was born September 7, 1920.

Thomas B. Day will succeed Mary Jane Osborn. He is president of San Diego State University.
He also serves as a visiting physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Argonne National
Laboratory. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Day is married, has nine children, and resides in
San Diego. He was born March 7, 1932.

Ryal R. Poppa will succeed Chien-Shiung Wu. He is chairman, president, and chief executive
officer of BMC Industries, Inc., in St. Paul, Minn. Previously he was chairman and chief executive
officer of Los Angeles based Pertec, manufacturer of computers. Mr. Poppa is past chairman and
currently a director and member of the executive committee of the Computer and
Communications Industry Association. He is married, has two children, and resides in White Bear
Lake, Minn. He was born November 7, 1933.

Allan Spitz will succeed Steven Weinberg. Dr. Spitz is vice president for academic affairs and
professor of political science at the University of Wyoming. Previously he was dean of the College
of Liberal Arts and professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire. He
currently serves as a member of the executive council of the National Association of State
Universities and Land Grant Colleges. He is married, has two children, and resides in Laramie,
Wyo. He was born October 9, 1928.